First report of the last winter market day of 2016

Today is Saturday, February 6th 2016, and it is the last day of the 2016 Jokkmokk winter market. Atleast when it comes to the street market; many of the exhibitions will still be open after the market closes. The weather is good, although with cloudy skies and snow. The temperature is -12 degrees Celsius.

After having left the camera (and its memory card) at the office yesterday, I have lots of material to publish today. I’ll do it whenever I get a break in the busy schedule, but first of all I’m going to visit the market area and the snow stage where the Sami National Day is celebrated today. At 14:00, I will participate in the reindeer race – competing in the first round against a visitor from Germany.

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Welcome to Jokkmokk!

Here, a few kilometers north of the Arctic Cicle, people gather during the first week of February every year for the Jokkmokk Winter Market - a tradition that dates back more than 400 years.

"Jokkmokk: Live!" is a blog where you can experience the winter market in Jokkmokk, even if you are not attending the market this year. Here you can find photos, videos, articles, soundclips as well as archives from the past three winter markets. I hope that this blog will show you the multitude of experience that the market offers, and that you will end up planning a trip to Jokkmokk to experience it by yourself some day!

The theme for the 2016 winter market is "Midwinter at the Arctic Circle".